When, where, and for what industries does broadband foster establishment births?

• DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12626
• Publication Date: 2021-06-25T05:35:47Z
• Authors: Chloé Duvivier; Emma Cazou; Stéphanie Truchet...; Cédric Brunelle; Jean Dubé
• Keywords: and Transportation Analysis • Housing • Infrastructure; JEL: R - Urban; JEL: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O1 - Economic Development/O.O1.O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis • Housing • Infrastructure; centre urbain; JEL: O - Economic Development; 330; Broadband; Establishment births; Real Estate; Development; Urban gradient; 11. Sustainability; 0502 economics and business; bande passante; JEL: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O5 - Economywide Country Studies/O.O5.O52 - Europe; Rural; Environmental Issues; Innovation; [SHS.ECO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance; and Transportation Economics/R.R1 - General Regional Economics/R.R1.R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth; and Changes; Internet; 9. Industry and infrastructure; JEL: R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics/R.R1 - General Regional Economics/R.R1.R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes; 05 social sciences; 1. No poverty; entrepreneur; [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance; Technological Change; Regional; ruralité; and Growth/O.O1 - Economic Development/O.O1.O18 - Urban; centre péri-urbain; and Growth/O.O5 - Economywide Country Studies/O.O5.O52 - Europe

We examine the effects of broadband on establishment births for five types of areas, six industries and two speed levels. Econometric results indicate that broadband has an overall positive effect in larger, medium and small urban centres and in periurban areas but has little or no impact in rural areas. However, industry-level analyses show that broadband can foster establishment births in rural areas in some industries, including selected knowledge-intensive industries. Finally, there are no great differences between the impacts of basic and fast broadband, except in larger urban centres with a higher skilled workforce able to use sophisticated applications.<br/>International audience<br/>